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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J'. MILLER AND THOMAS N. CASS, OF SEMINOLE, TEXAS.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM J. MILLER and THOMAS N. CASS, citizens ofthe'United States, residing at Seminole, in the county of Gaines andState of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wrenches,of'which the following is a specification.

This inve'tin relates to wrenches, and has for an object to provide animproved form of handle and head, the latter having an eye therein toreceive the handle, and the Walls of the eye being constructed toprevent movement of the handle in the eye'past a predetermined positionand to provide a fastening engaging the handle and securing the same inthe eye.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in Whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the severalviews:-Figure 1 is a plan view of the Wrench. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection there th ou h.

The hammer head 1 illustrated herein constit tes the head of the Wrench,and as shown, the head is` formed with an eye 2 which receives Vthehelve 3 of the handle 4. At the top, the head is closed,las shown at 10,and in such portion is formed an elongated slot 8 in which the retainingWedge 9 is drivenand operatively associated with the helve of the handleto hold it confined in the eye of the head. The head of the Wrench hasits outer `surface extended beyond the closed portion 10 to formtherewith a nut socket 7, one wall of the said socket being formed withstepportions 12 and 13 respectively, so that the space between the Wallsof the socket varies at different points so as to accommodate nuts ofvarious sizes. The recess 7 just described is intended for relativelylarge nuts, and for small nuts the head is formed adjacent to one edgeand in its outer surface with a socket 11, one Wall of which beingstepped, as shown at 13.

From the construction described herein, it will be seen that the wrenchmay be manufactured at a relatively low cost and in use, it will befound most eiicient. The head 1 is formed at one end to provide theusual driving face 5 and at the opposite end the head is formed toprovide a claw 6.

le claim As a new article of manufacture, a Wrench comprising a headhaving an eye formed therein, the said head having a portion closing theouter end of the eye and the said head being extended beyond the saidclosed portion so as to form therewith a nut socket, the said closedportion of the head being formed to provide. a slot,'a handle having ahelve portion fitted in the eye of the said head, and a `fasteningdevice extendin through the slot and into the helve of the handle andoperating to force the helve into frictional engagement with the wallsof the eye. y

In testimony whereotI we aiiix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

WVILLIAM J. MILLER. A THOMAS N. CASS.

Witnesses BuNNu'rr S. JONES, R. M. SMITH.

